Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 22:33:04 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sue Ricciardi Subject: Fort Smallwood Park 3/26/04 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 26, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- BV 5 95 99 TV 151 1712 1793 OS 7 75 75 BE 0 3 4 NH 0 5 5 SS 25 76 78 CH 9 94 95 NG 0 0 0 RS 8 84 89 BW 0 0 0 RT 8 100 108 RL 0 0 0 GE 0 0 0 AK 5 73 73 ML 0 0 0 PG 0 1 1 UR 0 12 12 Total: 218 2330 2432 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:15:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 6.25 hours Official Counter: Sue Ricciardi Observers: Dan Eberly, Jane Geuder, Ralph Geuder Weather: Mostly cloudy, but warmer with temps rising from 52 to 72 degrees;winds started out as calm, then became SW, and finished as ESE, ranging over = the day from 0 to 9 mph, gusting to 16. Observations: Good flight of non-vultures with Sharpies beginning to become more = numerous. Most of the Ring-billed Gulls have departed in the last few = days. At least 60 Horned Grebes on the water. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Report submitted by Sue Ricciardi (susier@starpower.net) Fort Smallwood Park is located on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Patapsco River, 11 miles south of Baltimore, MD. Best winds are from the southwest. BV Black Vulture; TV Turkey Vulture; OS Osprey; MK Mississippi Kite; BE = Bald Eagle;NH Northern Harrier; SS Sharp-shinned Hawk; CH Cooper's Hawk; = NG Northern Goshawk;RS Red-shouldered Hawk; BW Broad-winged Hawk; RT = Red-tailed Hawk; AK American Kestrel; ML Merlin; PG Peregrine Falcon; UA = Unidentified Accipiter; UB Unidentified Buteo; UF Unidentified Falcon =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =========================================================================